RE: Simple question for Christians.
July 18, 2015 at 6:50 am
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2015 at 7:06 am by Kingpin.)
Ignoramus that is a great response and I agree with your definition completely in the confines of morality engrained in evolution. If morality evolves we cannot judge any act accept within the confines of the social construct in which they are perpetrated. Agree? But even you state the issue. Morals are not good or bad. If you hold to moral relativism NOTHING is good or bad because the definition of good and bad are fluid and subject to change.
If I say that the holocaust was an atrocity by which standard could I make that statement? Is it my own current standard or my societies current standard? Or do I judge it by the societal views of the Third Reich in which it was not viewed as an atrocity but a necessary and just action? Same with slavery. How do I judge slavery in the past? Based on current societal views or within the construct of the accepted norm of that time?
I completely agree with your last statement. If there is no God then everything must have a natural answer but that opens itself up to a completely new discussion
If I say that the holocaust was an atrocity by which standard could I make that statement? Is it my own current standard or my societies current standard? Or do I judge it by the societal views of the Third Reich in which it was not viewed as an atrocity but a necessary and just action? Same with slavery. How do I judge slavery in the past? Based on current societal views or within the construct of the accepted norm of that time?
I completely agree with your last statement. If there is no God then everything must have a natural answer but that opens itself up to a completely new discussion
We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate.
